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Hello one and only reader! I know it has been a long
time since I last infuriated you with my wit, vim and vigor (see
Steve-Dave, I knew I would use the vocabulary that you taught me). I have
been stuck in the malady that assails my generation, slacking! Especially
after I became unemployed, it’s amazing how much less you can do with
more time on your hands. But alas this morning I have finally been
inspired to write a new round of wisdom for you! (The dribble that my
other half writes should never be considered wisdom!)
I’m back from the task that took me away from writing this new assault
on the English language and the intelligent mind that reads this column
(you are the only person that reads this column and I know that your half
of this mind is not intelligent!). It’s amazing how easily one is taken
away from important tasks. ( Especially if, that idiot mind has the
attention span of a monkey! ).
I have been ranting and raving about Fables from DC’s Vertigo line to
many customers of the South store, now I will put some of my illogical
reasoning on cyber-paper to pollute your mind. After I read the first
issue, I knew that it was a fresh take on an old subject, fairy tale and
fable characters, but not until the second issue did I truly appreciate
the genius of the series. Bill Willingham, the creative mind behind the
series writes the book, with artwork for the first story-arc by Lan Medina
and Steve Leialoha. It is an inspired take on these old characters. They
live in New York in a part of the city called Fabletown, with the
characters that can’t pass as human living upstate on a farm, although
we do get to meet one of the animals in the first story and that is a
great scene. The first story involves the apparent murder of Rose Red who
is Snow White’s sister. The murder is investigated by the Big, Bad Wolf,
who is in charge of security and Snow White is the deputy mayor of
Fabletown. Many other favorites appear in the series including Boy Blue,
the Beauty and the Beast, Jack of the beanstalk fame, and a great take on
Prince Charming, with many others to follow.
The reason to read this series is the well-written and dialogued story
with beautiful art which isn’t necessarily the norm for a Vertigo title.
(Something my other half knows well because he can’t produce either!) It
is a book I look forward to each month, plus you get the occasional winged
monkey and as you all know when there are primates in a story it has to be
good! (Now I want some of what you are smoking because that is something a
certain North Store Manager would say.) This is also one of the few books
I look forward to and wait for each month.
Let me also mention a few other titles that have caught my eye recently,
Daredevil and Exiles from Marvel, Midnight Mass, JSA, and Legion from DC
Comics and Skinwalkers from Oni Press. I was going to write this article
about Crossgen, but a certain article by an intelligent fan boy beat me to
the point last month. So you my faithful reader will have to wait until
next time to get additional insight on that great line of books. And you
John will have to watch your back for foiling my evil master plan. Watch
It! Remember I have extra time to plot the downfall. (Please disregard the
last few statements in this article because they are from a man with too
much time on his hands. And John despite what my other half is attempting
to say I still look forward to your far too infrequent column!) |
